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Under Paris - so daft, yet, somehow, still entertaining. They clearly blew the whole budget on the final shot of the film so everything else had to be scaled down massively. As if the Paris river police is a team of 5 with one boat between them. I have to admire the ambition and the attempts to bring scale to a no-budget monster movie. It is always nice to see Paris on screen anyway. My favourite city outside of London.

I can see a franchise growing out of this. Under London, Under New York, Under Venice!!! Until the Shark is like Mad Max roaming a watery post apocalypse; Under Earth,
 
Nanker Phelge said:
Under Paris - so daft, yet, somehow, still entertaining. They clearly blew the whole budget on the final shot of the film so everything else had to be scaled down massively. As if the Paris river police is a team of 5 with one boat between them. I have to admire the ambition and the attempts to bring scale to a no-budget monster movie. It is always nice to see Paris on screen anyway. My favourite city outside of London.

I can see a franchise growing out of this. Under London, Under New York, Under Venice!!! Until the Shark is like Mad Max roaming a watery post apocalypse; Under Earth,
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There already is a sharks in Venice film, its got one of the Baldwin brothers as the star
 
I watched Under Paris last night. For a Netflix budget film it was good. A 'woke' (nod to Green plastic pollution Issues) French Jaws with main characters not male, straight, and white. And an unexpected ending. Entertaining.
 
tony.c said:
I watched Under Paris last night. For a Netflix budget film it was good. A 'woke' (nod to Green plastic pollution Issues) French Jaws with main characters not male, straight, and white. And an unexpected ending. Entertaining.
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It did tick a lot of diversity boxes, but I don't think the Shark was French.

I did laugh when there was a kiss between two women; it had nothing to do with the plot and the relationship never came up again. It did feel a lot like they were going down the representation list and marking items off.
 
tony.c said:
I watched Under Paris last night. For a Netflix budget film it was good. A 'woke' (nod to Green plastic pollution Issues) French Jaws with main characters not male, straight, and white. And an unexpected ending. Entertaining.
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Still killed off almost the entirety of the black cast though.
 
tony.c said:
'woke' (nod to Green plastic pollution Issues) French Jaws
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Remember how a few years ago someone made a web extension that replaced variations on "political correctness" with "treating people with respect" in articles.

Now I can't un-see your woke, with inverted commas, used not in the context of its original meaning but in the derogatory one to mean used by people who like to shout at clouds and your "voice" when I read your posts will forever be that of Piers Morgan.
 
Chz said:
If you're in the mood for something silly, you could do a lot worse than Under Paris. Though why they didn't go for the obvious title of Shark de Triomphe is beyond me.
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Although the French title is Sous la Seine, which benefits from alliteration, sounds a bit more snappy/snazzy than Under Paris.
 
Fans of sci-fi/ horror anthology series are advised to check out Joko Anwar’s Nightmares and Daydreams. Not quite Black Mirror or Inside No 9 but not bad so far, and whereas admittedly I had never seen anything else by him, he has an impressive and well received catalogue of work under his belt already.
 
ATOMIC SUPLEX said:
Started watching the Hitman film, but got bored.

There is a new Miike Takashi film on Netflix - Lumberjack The Monster
It's a decent enough flick, most enjoyable. I have to stop comparing his modern work with my love for his excellent low budget heyday.
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Lumberjack I found a little disappointing.
It gets too bogged down in talking, especially the last third or so when the cops finally figure things out.
But some bits of great weirdness. The two serial killer protagonists are fun together.

still worth a watch for fans of Miike or the just horror in general.
 
Cerv said:
Lumberjack I found a little disappointing.
It gets too bogged down in talking, especially the last third or so when the cops finally figure things out.
But some bits of great weirdness. The two serial killer protagonists are fun together.

still worth a watch for fans of Miike or the just horror in general.
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I don't mind talking. I quite liked the last third.
The story had the shape of old school 90s Miike, but was a bit too slick in it's execution in my opinion. This is just how Miike films are these days though. He was always a filmmaker for hire and his speciality was making something good out of low budget crap, turning it around fast, cheap and injecting flair.
 
Unfrosted.

A mad man/ right stuff pastiche with just about everyone in it. Very funny, worth an hour and a half of anyone’s time.
 
Nanker Phelge said:
Under Paris - so daft, yet, somehow, still entertaining. They clearly blew the whole budget on the final shot of the film so everything else had to be scaled down massively. As if the Paris river police is a team of 5 with one boat between them. I have to admire the ambition and the attempts to bring scale to a no-budget monster movie. It is always nice to see Paris on screen anyway. My favourite city outside of London.

I can see a franchise growing out of this. Under London, Under New York, Under Venice!!! Until the Shark is like Mad Max roaming a watery post apocalypse; Under Earth,
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Does it end with ‘Fin’?
 
We Have a Ghost - described as an American supernatural horror comedy film.

"The Presleys purchase a cheap and abandoned house. Kevin, the youngest, records a video of a ghost in the attic. The ghost is mute and does not remember his past life. The ghost's shirt says 'Ernest,' so Kevin calls him Ernest. Kevin is resolved to help Ernest discover his past, while his father Frank publishes the video of Ernest on YouTube to become famous. It stars David Harbour, Jahi Winston, Tig Notaro, Jennifer Coolidge, and Anthony Mackie. It was released on February 24, 2023, by Netflix[3] and received mixed reviews from film critics."

It's fairly family-friendly funny film, PG-13. Not taxing or clever or big budget, it's just amusing, entertaining, something to watch on a rainy Saturday or Sunday afternoon or a weeknight on the sofa.
 
The Hour

Intrigue and adultery against the backdrop of the Suez crisis. In what is obviously meant to be the early days of Panorama, Romola Garai, Ben Wishaw, Dominic West and Anton Lesser all acquit themselves well.

If you missed this one the first time around, you could do a lot worse than check it now.
 
Guilty pleasure this, but we’re enjoying Heartbreak High. Rough description would probably be ‘Australian Sex Education meets Euphoria’. Not nearly as heavy on the drama as the latter, but more so than the former.
 
T & P said:
Guilty pleasure this, but we’re enjoying Heartbreak High. Rough description would probably be ‘Australian Sex Education meets Euphoria’. Not nearly as heavy on the drama as the latter, but more so than the former.
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Is this a reboot of the 90s Heartbreak High or a continuation?
 
Godzilla Minus One

Nods to the original from 70(!!!!) years ago, a bit of Jaws and a tonne of sentimentality. For the relatively small budget it's impressive, if a bit cheesy and clichéd in parts.
 
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